Conclusion: Delays opening files off samba shares

[Ries van Twisk]

On 4 Jan 2002, at 11:04, Pierre Belanger wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Here's the "conclusion" of the delay problem I was having with some
> files.
> This might or might not have something to do with other problem
> discussed
> lately on this mailing list.
> 
> The situation goes like this...
> 
> Two Samba servers : \\samba and \\newsamba .  A file (\\samba\file.doc)
> is including at least one "link" with another document (for example,
> in Microsoft Word go to menu Edit->Links). The link is in "Manual"
> or "Locked" Update mode. Let's pretend the link points to
> \\samba\link.vsd
> 
> We copy the both files from \\samba to \\newsamba\file.doc. We try to
> open
> the \\newsamba\file.doc file and we get a delay... and than an error.
> 
> With the document we are having problem with, the "Link" dialog box
> is showing the following information:
> 
> Source file:    Item	Type			Update
>    \\samba\link.vsd	N/A
> 
> What is causing the delay? This is how I explain the delay, I might be
> wrong...
> 
> Microsoft Word is opening the file from the \\newsamba server. In the
> document, there's a link pointing to the other samba server,
> \\samba\link.vsd . Microsoft Word (or Windows?) needs help to "locate"
> the \\samba\link.vsd file. It sends a request on port 135/UDP to the
> \\newsamba server . After a few tries on 135/udp, it times out and then
> it tries 135/tcp which gives "connection refused"... and than it opens
> the document or gives an error depending on something I haven't figured
> out yet! Like I said, I might be totally wrong but this is the only
> "explanation" I have so far.
> 
> When putting the "link" in "Automatic" update mode, I think it fixes
> everything. Word or Windows sees the file within the same directory,
> it opens the link.vsd file right away "without searching" for the
> other location?!?!?!?!
> 
> 135/udp or tcp is known has "epmap" alias "loc-srv" : DCE endpoint
> resolution. I also found very few information on the "Service Control
> Manager"... Microsoft's web site doesn't help... unless I am not
> typing the right thing in the search box ;-)
> 
> Conclusion, tell your users to always put "Update" link in Automatic
> mode. Also, if you upgrade your Samba file server and if you're not too
> sure if your users did put their file in "Automatic link update mode",
> it might be a good idea to keep the same name for the new server once
> you put it in production...
> 
> Pierre B.
> 
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